MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy

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Today's world of public service is flexible and fluid, with change as the only constant. To succeed, professionals need a broad and transferable education. The Master of Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy at NYU Wagner crosses traditional boundaries. Our students learn a set of frameworks and analytics that will serve them in the many roles, organizations and sectors their careers will span.

Careers

Wagner PNP students play significant roles in redeveloping neighborhoods, advocating for social justice and providing vital human and social services at nonprofits, consulting firms, private organizations and government agencies.

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What the U.S. Can Learn About Health Care from Other Countries

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Sonia Ospina | Advancing Relational Leadership Research and Practice

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WAGTalk: Jonathan Morduch, “U.S. Financial Diaries”

Poverty

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WAGTalk: John Billings, “Improving Care for High Cost/ High Risk Patients”

Erica G. Foldy | What enables teams of social workers to be more effective?

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WAGTalk: Nirupama Rao, “The 47 or 67 Percent?”

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WAGTalk: Beth Simone Novak, “Big Data, Small Data, Open Data”

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Joe Magee | How does power shape our perception?

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We have explicitly embraced the blurring of roles and sectors in the professional world in our approach to professional education for service. We focus on a set of frames and analytics that students can use in the multitude of roles, organizations and sectors that their careers will entail.

–Kathy O'Regan, Professor Policy and Planning and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research

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Global Perspective

Wagner's internationalpolicy and management curriculum prepares students to confront the challenges of implementing complex public service policies and programs in varying contexts.Read More

The international coursework focuses on how institutional structures and managerial processes vary across the globe, as well as the institutional and political context within which policy is made and implemented. The curriculum includes a contemporary analysis of policy interventions, such as those that work to improve education, confront rapid population growth, reduce poverty and the burden of disease, and tackle corruption.

Alumni Profile

I really enjoy that I get to blend learning from more than one discipline to think beyond established ideas of how development should be done. It allows for substantive interactions with people in varied fields who are passionate about the same things. The work is always fresh and always challenging.

Partnership Coordinator, Transforming New York City Public Schools, '13

I work with close to two hundred schools, matching them with leaders from the business world according to their needs and shared interests. Once partnerships are established I help principals and their business partners work together to set goals and carry them out over the course of the school year.